Written by a plethora of authors (Eric Uhlmann, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Angelic Elgueta, Anthony G. Greenwald, and Jane Swanson), this article addresses skin color in the Hispanic community. This article deals with the issue of colorism and how people of lighter skin tone are generally much more favored than their darker skinned counter parts. This may imply that Caucasian standards heavily influence other cultures. For example, Chileans tend to prefer Caucasian features while American Hispanics generally did not show a preference between Caucasians and Hispanics.
It seems as if colorism is not regularly discussed, so this article is important in the sense that it acknowledges a major problem that is so hesitantly talked about. It increases awareness and how concerning this problem can be. If lighter skin tones are favored, then the darker-toned people are discriminated against, which is clearly unfair. Colorism needs to be talked about more so that people can understand the prejudice based on complexion color in order to spread more awareness about diversity.
Written by a plethora of authors (Eric Uhlmann, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Angelic Elgueta, Anthony G. Greenwald, and Jane Swanson), this article addresses skin color in the Hispanic community. This article deals with the issue of colorism and how people of lighter skin tone are generally much more favored than their darker skinned counter parts. This may imply that Caucasian standards heavily influence other cultures. For example, Chileans tend to prefer Caucasian features while American Hispanics generally did not show a preference between Caucasians and Hispanics.
It seems as if colorism is not regularly discussed, so this article is important in the sense that it acknowledges a major problem that is so hesitantly talked about. It increases awareness and how concerning this problem can be. If lighter skin tones are favored, then the darker-toned people are discriminated against, which is clearly unfair. Colorism needs to be talked about more so that people can understand the prejudice based on complexion color in order to spread more awareness about diversity.